shanahan has their new head coach. good morning. i'm andrea roane. what a surprise mike shanahan is the head of the redskins. >> didn't see that one coming. >> feels like ground hog day. >> once again, ground hog day, two-hour delay thanks to the cold. the winds hit the mountains and the snow flies and that has been happening over and over again up there. for us, it's cold. we have flurries. let's show you what is going on. an area of flurries coming at us out of pennsylvania. there it is. this morning flurries scattered about. a lot of action in southern pennsylvania. we could see the flurries on and off through mid-morning at this point. talking about temperatures, they are in the teens in

garrett county in oakland. 27 winchester. 28 culpeper. today morning flurries, breezy. kind of like yesterday, that deja vu thing with highs in the mid- to upper-30s. clipper tomorrow night. could be snow around here. more on that coming up. right now time for traffic. >> thank you. good morning. hope you are off to a great wednesday. we are kicking things off with a trouble spot in the manassas area. prince william parkway is closed at liberia. there are detours in place. 95 heading northbound out of fredricksburg part prince william parkway to the mixing bowl a clear commute. 395, if we can switch the camera over from the beltway to the 14th street bridge light traffic, no real volume.

back to the maps, route 4, route 5 and 301 checking out okay. >> thank you, angie. the waiting game is over. mike shanahan has agreed to be the head coach of the washington redskins. 9news disital correspondent alex trevino joins us with the latest. >> reporter: it's quiet at redskins park. there has been a lot of celebrating going on since the second that mike shanahan signed and agreed to be the head football coach. really the minute he landed here on the plane. the deal is that mike shanahan will be coach and vice president of football operations. inside sources say that he will have final say on all redskins football matters. reporter: just two days after jim zorn's for seen

departure, mike shanahan agreed to his salary he had with the denver broncos. the first two seasons the broncos will pay half that figure. the deal was reportedly signed at redskins park last night. he then posed for pictures with dan snyder. we spoke to several redskins players after the news broke last night. >> my agent texted me and told me mike shanahan will be the new head coach. i think it will be great. this will give us a chance to really compete having that experience and leadership in there. it will be unbelievable. >> great day in washington redskins history to have coach like coach shanahan. you don't get too many two-time winning coaches on your football team. >> reporter: confirmation that shanahan's son kyle will be the offensive coordinator will be announced. that is expected this afternoon.

>> thank you, alex. former redskins coach jim zorn is talking about his time with the team later in sports. we have much more coverage on our web site including a viewer poll asking how you think the redskins will fair next season. it appears a grand jury is reviewing evidence about the guns gilbert arenas brought to verizon center last month. arenas met with police and prosecutors and called the incident a bad joke that got out of hand. if charges are brought, wizards could void the rest of his contract. the attorney for the third white house party crasher is speaking out. carlos allen attorney doesn't want his client to be a scapegoat. he said his client requested and received and invitation to the state dinner.

>> can you show us copies. >> no. >> how come? >> how come? because i choose not to. there is no ongoing investigation and the secret service actually has the documents. but we won't share those with the public at this point. >> the secret service said allen was not on the official guest list for the dinner. he may get a normal invitation, a subpoena to the committee investigating white house security breaches. president obama is taking government intelligence agencies to task after the botched christmas day attack. he said the agencies involved could have prevented the attempted plane bombing because they had key information about the man now in custody. the president has ordered immediate steps to make sure that those intelligence failures are not repeated. time for the first living

smart report of the morning and just see kay doyle -- jessica doyle is here. >> good morning. washington is really the focus for wall street. really looking here today. that's because the federal reserve is slated to release the minutes from the policy meeting session in december. investigators will examine for further signs for the central bank to wind down the plans put in place in response to the financial crisis. the dow starts at 10,572 after slipping near 12 points. the nasdaq was up a fraction and s&p rose by more than 3 points. bob mcdonnell is not backing down in a fight with nor dlowp grumman they announced they are moving the headquarters to the area. he maintains that northrop must account for missteps.

a legislature audit found the company missed key deadlines and had dozens of critical service failures. a good night sleep is important for us and one dairy farmer thinks it's important for his cows too. they are installing water beds for the cows. the installation of a speaker system to play music. he says happy, healthy cows produce more milk, 10 to 20% more. >> i want a good night sleep, too. we are improving our home. is it worth it? >> we have been looking all week at home improvement to see if they help with resale value. we are taking a look at a new roof and run the numbers. >> thank you. we have a commuter alert if you drive through southeast washington. starting today through friday, january 22nd, crews will close lanes to work on the 11th

street bridge project. the left lane and southbound right lane of 295 will be blocked. the work is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. meanwhile, a two-year road ren vow vacation -- renovation is complete. the kenilworth project is done. they built four new bridges and resurfaced. and crews are finishing up work at 355 and montrose in rockville, maryland. drivers heading to i-270 on randolph can drive under 355. lanes heading the other direction have been using that underpass for a few weeks. last month's storm delayed the final lane shift. a teenager goes on a wild ride at the hands of a car thief. that story is coming up. plus, left for dead. a frozen virginia cat revived in an animal control worker's truck. and staying sing mall not sound appealing unless you

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in the news, last month's attempted terror attack led president obama to change some of his plans for prisoners at guantanamo in cuba. he still plans to close the prison but he will stop sending prisoners to yemen. police in arizona released video of a close call for a teenager who had his truck stolen. he left his running to listen to music when a man hopped in and drove off. the teen jumped into the truck's bed and held on for some miles until the driver forced him out at gunpoint. if you need more proof that cats have nine lives, an animal

control worker was called out last weekend to pick up a carcass of a frozen cat. the cat was in the vehicle on a blanket when a worker saw the whiskers start to move. vets have never seen an manly with that low of body temperature revive. another possible use for a super food. details coming up. plus, the cold snap is heating up business for some local mechanics and towing services. here is howard. >> you will like the weekend forecast. we have flurries this morning and we will see more than that with a clipper coming tomorrow night. details of the seven-day forecast when we return. (announcer) new icy hot no mess applicator. wherever you hurt. it massages in icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. no pain, no mess. some people will stick with their old way of getting vitamins and minerals. others will try total raisin bran. with 100% of the daily value of 11 essential vitamins and minerals and the luscious taste of plump, juicy raisins

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this cold chill called for emergency snow service is skyrocketing. half the calls were for dead batteries. the best way to keep it from dying is to run your car regularly. here is howard. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> another cold one but not as cold. i p we got up to 37 or 36 or so and i was thinking it's not that bad out here. it really isn't that bad. let's talk about what is happening. we have flurries to show you.

they are light and scattered about. you see the white areas to the north. we have less areas here and there. we will start from frederick coming down to montgomery county, that is some of the heavier flurry activity, if you will. expecting no accumulation. it will be enough to talk about down to damascus and charles town or chuck town as one of my chat viewers like to call it. off to the south a few flurries at cromwell down to fredricksburg or even newburgh you have one or two flurries in the area. over could cambridge we have a couple of flurries. the next three days the forecast looks like this, it's tomorrow night that we are expecting a clipper to come through into friday morning. this could give light accumulation and cause problems

for the friday morning commute. then cold air comes back, arctic air. highs friday with the wind returning in the upper 20s. momslikeme.com forecast, windchill chill 15 to 25. 7:27 on the sunrise. partly sunny, breezy, cold, mid- to upper-30s. sunset 5:01. northwest wind at 10. we will see a break in the winds tomorrow but clouds increase. highs in the middle 30s. snow showers continuing up here with the advisories and warnings. look at this area sinking south. flurries will be on and off throughout the middle of the work. we have good visibility in washington with the temperature of 29 and a west-northwest wind of 8. other temperatures 30 on the bay. 30 in southern maryland and windchills, quick look, generally in the teens to low 20s. i want to share the clip er that is coming, in north

dakota, this will move off to the east. it will be here tomorrow night. it should be gone early friday but arctic air behind it will make a much colder weekend once again. it could be as cold if not colder than last weekend. here is the seven-day forecast, today 37. tomorrow 36. there is the clipper storm thursday into friday morning with light amounts. then the arctic blast for the weekend and we recover up to around 40 by next tuesday. here is angie with the traffic. >> still falling the situation in man manassas we have a water main break. follow the detours in place. tracking headlights through centreville everything is clear. back to the maps, the beltway in virginia, from 95 past annandale up to 56 and the american legion bridge, a nice

and quiet commute. 270 into maryland, we are tracking the taillights. no problems from father hurley to the split. and finally let's wrap with a shot inside the district. great example at connecticut and van ness of a nice clear drive in d.c. in the living wellhead lines, staying sing mall help you stay skinny. a new study found women that live with a partner put on more weight than those who don't. over a decade, average 140- pound woman gained 20 pounds if she had a baby and partner. 15 pounds if she had a partner but no baby. single women with no children gained only 11 pounds. one of those new super foods. researchers say eating pomegranate or drinking the juice may help breast cancer. it can block or slow the growth of estrogen. you can read more about the fight of breast cancer at

wusa9.com. on friday we will talk about five small changes you can make to help with breast help. right now we say good morning to kristen. >> a new ad featuring michelle obama. if take you a look at pet take's web site, you will see a poster for the antifur campaign. it's called fur free and fabulous. it features carrie underwood, oprah, tire a banks and michelle obama. they rolled out this fur free and fabulous van that cruises the streets of d.c. to promote the ad campaign. the only problem is the white house said they never gave pet take permission to use the first lady's image in the ad. they admit they never got that permission but michelle obama indicated she doesn't wear fur and in pete take's eyes that

makes her fabulous. but you can see she is clearly in the ad that pet take has out today. that is one story dominating a lot of web sites. another story takes us to outer space. nasa's hubble space telescope captured the earliest photo of our universe, 600 million years after the big bang. scientists revealed the image on tuesday. it shows very small galaxies, 13.2 billion years old that have become the great galaxies of today. this is about as far back in time as the hubble space telescope can go but nasa will have to rely on a new observatory that is in action. the $4.5 billion james web telescope that is set to launch in four years. >> thank you, kristen. two red skin stars take swipes at each other and his former coach speaks out. (announcer) this sparkling glass was washed

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have seen her in babble, she is 29 today. as mike shanahan gets ready to make his debut, jim zorn is beginning his life after coaching the redskins. 9news met with zorn at his home in northern virginia. he seemed relaxed, unburdened and said despite his shoddy treatment by redskins brass he never considered walking away. >> i wasn't really frustrated to the point of exhaustion or quitting, anything like that at any moment. the problem is it has to transfer into wins and losses. >> two of the redskins biggest stars are engaged in a war of words. in his weekly radio appearance, clinton portis took swings at jason campbell. he said the quarterback isn't ready to be a team leader and has enough trouble getting plays into the huddle.

campbell said portis doesn't no much about leadership and doesn't have the respect in the locker room. coach gabby picked alex ovechkin to be the new captain. last night against montreal, 2- 1 in the second for caps. caps knock off montreal 4-2. in filly, gil -- philly, gilbert arenas, the team was down 14 in the half but blue up in the second. wiz beat the sixers 104 to 97. we will have more on the hiring of mike shanahan coming up. plus, familiar faces make plans to leave capitol hill. the experts are predicting a return of pain at the pump. here is angie. we are traveling along the

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after weeks of rumors, today the redskins will make the hiring of mike shanahan official. i'm andrea roane. angie goff will have traffic in a moment. howard starts off with the forecast. in new orleans they have a freeze warning tonight and one of the first carnival parades going on. >> 19 in tallahassee. >> i'm going to atlanta. >> bring the winter gear. >> i have flip-flops. >> for the shower maybe. don't wear them out. >> once again, live doppler 9000 thousand, as you head out you will run into snow flurries here and there, especially to

the north side of town out of frederick, down to clarksburg and germantown and in northern parts of calvert county to the eastern shore a few flurries, even around winchester and charles town and martinsburg and front royal you may see a couple of flurries. temperatures before we go are running in the mid- to upper- 20s. windchills in the teens and 20s. not as bad. we will be in the 30s today. clippers tomorrow night. more on that in about 14 minutes. angie has the wednesday traffic. >> a quick look at your roads and things to avoid. we have a gas main break in manassas. prince william parkway is closed. use the detour in place. live from dumfries up to the mixing bowl no issues. on to 395 to this interstate, no delays from the beltway past

duke street to the 14th street bridge and finally we are tracking volume building north of the district. outer loop between university and colesville road. mike shanahan coach of the redskins. we are waiting for the official announcement this afternoon but sources say the deal is done. 9news disital correspondent alex trevino joins us from red skins park with the late -- redskins park with the latest. >> reporter: players and fans have many things to be excited about. the back to back super bowl champion for the denver broncos heads to washington to lead the redskins to that kind of success. reporter: he is set to receive a 5 year dell from the redskins at $7 million a year. since he has two years remaining on his contract, the broncos will pay half the figure in 2010 and 2011. he reportedly signed the deal

at redskins park after ironing out details the last two days with owner dan snyder. redskins players are excited about the possibilities. >> great day in washington redskins history to be able to have a coach like coach shanahan. you don't get many two-time winning head coaches on your super bowl team. >> we have somebody that has been the head coach before that knows what it takes, championship coach. so, get in there, watch tape, see the guys they want to keep around. >> reporter: shanahan will likely bring with him a new group of assistants and coordinators. kyle, the houston, texas offensive coordinator. this announcement that shanahan will be head coach is expected this afternoon. count on us to be here. reporting live, alex trevino 9news now and wusa9.com. you can follow the latest developments in the redskins coaching hire on our web site,

wusa9.com. that's where we are asking you how you think the team will do next year. on our line opinion poll is on the home page. this morning opponents of same sex are heading to d.c. super wore court. they are fighting to get a voter referendum to ban same sex marriage on the ballot. 9news now learned local development don pebbles decided not to run for mayor. he indicated he would run if council chairman vincent gray decided not to challenge fenty. gray says he will make up his mind next month. a long-term u.s. senator and former presidential candidate has decided not to seek re-election this fall. connecticut democrat chris dodd is expected to announce those intentions this fall.

he has seen his political stock fall after his presidential bid and the financial meltdown. the dodd news broke hours after another democrat, north dakota senator announced he will not seek re-election. this means the democrats will have a fight on their hands to maintain the filibuster proof majority. a colorado governor bill ritter is expected to announce his decision not to seek a second term sometime today. president obama is demanding specific solutions to the security gap by the end of the week. he described what is called a tense meeting with top government security officials. he blasted the intelligent community about not connecting the dots on umar farouk

abdulmutallab. >> it's increasingly clear that intelligence was not fully analyzed or fully leveraged. that is not acceptable and i will not tolerate it. president obama has not said whether anyone will be held accountable for the missteps but some say jobs could be at stake. virginia governor-elect bob mcdonnell is expected to announce several cabinet appointments. he announced several volunteering events leading up to the inaugural. they start with a food bank. another volunteering event january 14 in alexandria. you can read the whole list at wusa9.com. >> you may want to set aside more money for gasoline this year. you know where i'm going with this. the price of filling up your car is on track to top last

year's high. crude oil prices are up 14% since mid-december. as for gasoline, one analyst says prices at the pump will be 2.70 this weekend that eclipse the peek for 2009. he said it will be likely to flirt with $3 by the spring. this morning aaa puts the average price for regular in the washington region at 2.66 a gallon. that is up a nickel in the past week. 2009 was a good year for the smithsonian institution museum. attendance rebounded for the first time since 9-11. visitation increased about 9% in 2009. the sites are mostly free and that is a big attraction during a recession. time for your money saving tip of the day. we are running the numbers on another popular home i believe provement. a new roof can transform your house but it probably won't have the same price on your

sales price. you don't want to put off a much needed roof repair because you are worried about the return on your investment. if they notice a leaky roof or cracked shingles, they may not put in a offer in the first place. follow me on twitter and i would love to be your friend on facebook. a lot of people put on fancy roofs. doesn't necessarily get your money back. cold weather and ice means potholes. several are starting to appear across our area. all week long lanes and ramps of the capital beltway will temporarily close to allow crews a chance to fill them in. most happen in the telegraph road corridor. a model says she was fired for being too fat even though she only gained one pound. that story is coming up.

in the news now, a helicopter crash killed three scientists with california's department of fish and game as well as the pilot. the helicopter crashed in the canyon in madeira county. they are studying deer heard and migration -- herds and migration patterns. the sea shepherd conservation seat is accusing a ship of ramming its ship. the japanese whalers have video that they say show the others as being is aggress sores. this model is accusing

ralph lauren of firing her because she was too fat. hamilton said she is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds and wears a size 4. a ralph lauren spokesperson says the photo was a mistake but she can no longer fit in the sample clothes. the bag fee may be catching on in other jurisdictions. that story is coming up. plus, we have more proof when it comes to this cold snap, weather is all relative. here is howard. >> it is relative. on the weather terrace, colder than inside. scattered flurries. we could be talking more about that by friday morning. pping ) ♪ mmm... hot fudge sundae. ♪ ooh! frosted blueberry?!? ♪

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if you are avoiding shopping in the district because of the bag fee, that may not work much longer. lawmakers in maryland and virginia are expected to propose a 5-cent bag fee for those states. we spoke with a couple of

maryland shoppers that don't have a problem with paying a little green to go green. >> it would be okay to help the environment. >> i would be okay with it. half the time i have my own bags anyway. >> tom schatz opposes the fee. he is against it with citizens against government waste. only businesses that sell food and beverages must levy this fee. if you are freezing this morning, think about the poor people in south florida. the mercury in fort myers dipped to 50 degrees. one reporter braved the chill to get reaction. >> sir, i'm not sure if you are aware of the weather but it's cold out. >> where are you from. >> rochester, new york. >> here here is another gentleman that is unaware it's really cold out. are you aware it's really, really cold out? >> in florida? no, this is warm. i wear that kind of clothing

back home in pennsylvania. >> okay. >> 50 to folks down there is chilly. >> not for that kind of garb. >> no, he is playing around. >> 50 right now feels nice. >> i want to say good morning to the checkers and baggers at my giant in silver spring. they are handing out bags, people looking for the bags, environmentally fresh bags. >> i get a paper bag instead of a plastic bag. if you throw it away and not recycle it, at least it will decompose. >> paper will get you a fee as well. >> anyway they can. talk about new orleans, a freeze warning. >> down there as well. along a lot of the gulf coast. it's colder in places like memphis and atlanta than around here where there are temperatures in the teens. for us holding in the 20s. we have snow flurries to show you on live doppler hd. some of those are moderate snow

flurries if there is such a thing up in the northern sections. we start on the shenandoah valley. up north and west of winchester, 23 and not snowing there. you see flurry activity from i- 66 there, over to charles town light flurries in the area. we move up to the north and east over to mount airy, back to howard county should be seeing flurries there. over to howard county maybe light stuff, gaithersburg back to potomac. one more stop on doppler, action from the south to east, brandywine to calvert county, north beach to plumb point and parts of anne arundel. tomorrow night we have the clipper. that will bring colder air

again by friday. we are talking light accumulations could make for a little bit of a messy morning commute on your friday. at the bus stop this morning, 25 to 30 with a few flurries and windchills between 15 to 25. sun up at 7:27. setting at 5:01. mid- to upper-30s this afternoon with partly sunny skies. lows in the 20s. we have snow showers continuing in the mountains. look at this piece of energy. you can follow this coming across pennsylvania sinking south. we will have these flurries with -- at least through mid- morning. when the sun comes out, it will lessen but it will be tomorrow night into friday morning. here is the seven day where we have the bigger concern. 30s today and tomorrow. here is the clipper storm. it could drop accumulations, light accumulations on the snowfall there. enough to mess things up friday morning. the arctic blast for the

weekend and milder by tuesday. >> hello, everybody. so glad you could join us. as you get closer to the 6:00 hour, off to a good wednesday. we hope so. we have a gas main break in the manassas area. there are detours in place. you want to follow them. let's open the door. bundle up. eastbound on 66 slow from 234 to 29. that is volume. back to the maps southbound on the gw parkway, no issues from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. 270 southbound it's slow. the wind is blowing from germantown to 370. route 4, 301, accident free. kristen fisher is standing by in the web center with more. >> good morning. time to take a look at political stories making waves on the web. this morning the political

blogs are dominated by news of several top democrats who are dropping out of the 2010 elections. here is a top story on the daily beat. veteran dems drop out. the story is that senator chris dodd will announce his retirement today joining fellow democrat byron dory began and governor ritter that said they will not seek re-election. it's called the day the democrats stop running for office. chris dodd, dorrigan quitting the senate say it's a potential democratic nightmare. they have to fight to keep their filibuster proof majority. the atlantic tries to put it in perspective asking what the exodus really means. if you zoom in, they say the

bottom line is that from a micro perspective the gop gains nothing but from a macro perspective, any time three major democratic party figures retire it ain't good for that party. we want to know what you think. log on to wusa9.com and click on the political tab to say your thoughts on what this democratic exodus means for the democrats coming up in the 2010 elections. that is what is hot on the web. back to you. >> all right. thank you. tonight's entertainment awards show features winners chosen by the public. more on that coming up. a happy ending for a woman wrongly evicted when her rent assistance was cut off. this morning in the examiner, montgomery county officials find that it failed to monitor potential conflicts of interests in governor the contracts. court documents show the chevy chase scientist accused of spying was under suspicion as

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johnson is the daughter of new york jets owner and air to the johnson and johnson empire. no official cause of death has been released but some believe the 30-year-old's diabetes may have contributed to her death. months after his mother died, redmond o'neal is back in jail because of a probation violation. redmond is the only son of ryan o'neal and farrah faucet. the 24-year-old has been in and out of jail on drug charges. get ready. the count down to the people's choice awards is on. it will be hosted by queen latifah with performances by mary j. blige. it airs tonight 9:00, 8:00 central on cbs. what to do wednesday where i have a look at great events

for your social calendar this week. i hope you are hungry. there is a d.c. bloggers pot luck party. grab a dish and drink and head to union row 2125 14th street west in d.c. remember how you couldn't wait for recession when you were a kid. now a chance to get excited again. an adult recession and ice cream social this saturday starting at 9:00 at night. the playground for young professionals is at the cher raton national hotel in arlington. bring a children's book or make a charity donation. lights, camera, join the national capital area chapter of the lime lymphoma society.

mulan will be shown at imagination stage. show times 4:00 p.m. and tickets $29 for kids, $39 for adults. tell me about the events and good news going on in your commute. go online to my 9news now blog and click on angie. >> thank you, angie. johnson spent all of last year looking for a permanent home. she was wrongly evicted from her apartment when the d.c. government cut off her rent subsidy. a powerful downtown law firm took on the case. we have the update you will see only on 9. >> reporter: november 2008 somebody was evicted from the capital park plaza apartments in d.c. our camera saw neighbors helping themselves to the last possession. >> is that your furniture. >> they took food, everything.

everything. >> somebody got evicted here. >> reporter: d.c. housing apartment evicted johnson. >> they told me, miss johnson, all decisions are final. there is nothing we can do. >> reporter: the unemployed waitress, painter protested. a powerful downtown law firm took her case pro bono. >> where have you been staying? >> i have been staying with two friends and family. >> reporter: march 31, 2009 a hearing officer concluded that she was wrongfully terminated. that housing officials failed to show that she was ever notified that cher section 8 certification was about to lapse. >> you have to stand for something. >> reporter: after many months of looking for an apartment owner that would take her new rent voucher, she took the keys to her new apartment in southeast. >> it's empty but --

>> reporter: but it's a start at the beginning of the new year. today happens to be lay norma -- lenora johnson's birthday. >> feels good to say i'm home. >> low income families that qualify for section 8 subsidies are required to pay no more than 25% of their income to their rent. the government voucher covers the rest. we say hello to howard bernstein. >> the winds. we have a windchill when i was on the weather terrace. you have to suck it up. we have a couple of two-hour delays, garrett county two-hour delay and allegation mountain ridge -- allegany mountain ridge districto